Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College . terior face of petiolar node shorter thandorsal surface and broadly rounding into it lucida Mann. Antennae unicolored; promesonotal suture weaker; prothorax heavilypunctate; anterior face of petiolar node longer than dorsal surface andnarrowly rounding into it crenaticeps Mann. 12a. Rhytidoponera (Rhytidoponera) araneoides Le Guillou,var. FROGGATTi Forel. Rev. Suisse zool., 1910, 18, p. 10, ^ . Male. Length 7-8 mm. Head, longer than broad, as broad in front as behind, with rounded and ocelli very large and convex;
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College . terior face of petiolar node shorter thandorsal surface and broadly rounding into it lucida Mann. Antennae unicolored; promesonotal suture weaker; prothorax heavilypunctate; anterior face of petiolar node longer than dorsal surface andnarrowly rounding into it crenaticeps Mann. 12a. Rhytidoponera (Rhytidoponera) araneoides Le Guillou,var. FROGGATTi Forel. Rev. Suisse zool., 1910, 18, p. 10, ^ . Male. Length 7-8 mm. Head, longer than broad, as broad in front as behind, with rounded and ocelli very large and convex; cheeks a fifth as long as eye. Clypeus MANX: ANTS OF TIIK HHITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS. 287 convex, flattened anteriorly, the border evenly rounded. Mandibles stout,dentate similar to those of worker. Antenna) scape two thirds thedistance to occipital corners. First flagellar joint one fifth the length of thesecond, which is as long as the scape; joints 3-12 gradually shorter than thepreceding; terminal joint slighth longer than penultimate. Thorax robast;. Fig. 5.— Rhytidoponera (Rhytidoponera) araneoides froggatti ForeL Worker. scutellum prominent, convex, a little broader than long. Declivity of epino-tum longer than the base and flattened. Petiole more than twice as long ashigh, convex above at middle, from above, longer than broad, sides slightlyconvex. Genitaha not prominent. Shining, head and thorax irregularlj, rugosely sculptured. Epinotum andpetiole transversely strigose. First segment of gaster very densely and finelyarcuatety striate; striae of second segment similar, but more longitudinally strigose. Head and body with moderately abundant fine, erect hairs. Color fuscous throughout; mandibles, antennae, and tarsi paler. Pilosityblack. Wings (length mm.) infuscated. Ysabel: Fulakora. San Cristoval: Pamua, ^Yainoni Bay. Ugi:Pawa. Florida: Tulagi, ]Maliali. ISIalaita: Auki, near Fourafi, inthe interior. Rendova. There appear to be no l
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